TBM Avenger Start Up and Take Off from Hagerstown Regional Airport, May 27, 2014

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10 жыл бұрын

May 27, 2014 - See the start up and take off the National Capitol Squadron of the CAF 1945 Grumman TBM-3E Avenger N40402/Bu/Aer 91426. Col. John Fuentes, pilot.
The TBM Avenger that has been housed with the Hagerstown Aviation Museum aircraft for the past year has flown off to it's new home with the National Capitol Squadron of the CAF in Culpeper, VA. The museum was honored to take the TBM "under it's wing" so that the final restoration work could be completed indoors. Our new friends Clifford Ellis and Bill Butler were an inspiration for the time and effort they put toward preparing the TBM for it's first flight. Congratulations to everyone involved with the TBM project over the years! You are commended for your efforts to preserve our aviation heritage! We look forward to seeing the TBM in the air for years to come.

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@lot2196 3 жыл бұрын

I was always amazed at the size of that plane for a single engine.

@Jpdt19 3 жыл бұрын

Ditto

@delten-eleven1910 3 жыл бұрын

Me too as well as the A-1, huge single engined planes

@queserame 5 жыл бұрын

Watching those wings slide back and come to position is an engineering marvel!

@dryan8377 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! The engineering from the 40's was totally epic. That was my favorite part!

@delten-eleven1910 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed, pretty ingenious for it's time; so good Grumman incorporated it to the E-2 Hawkeye/ Greyhound.

@steveperry1344 4 жыл бұрын

i always thought they were moved manually by the deck hands.

@steveperry1344 4 жыл бұрын

i stood next to an avenger at the collings museum in stow,ma. it is a very big and tall plane. it held 3 men and a torpedo.

@Hambone571 Жыл бұрын

@@steveperry1344 Yep. Been up close to one also. They are large in size compared to any other of the day.

@mikem5043 2 жыл бұрын

Love the ingenious wing folding mechanism on those Grummans

@number8485 3 жыл бұрын

Just lovely to these guys airborne again. What they achieved and went through in the Pacific WW2 theatre defies belief.

@jbrummitt 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent! I never get tired of this wonderful sound.

@timgraaff7551 4 жыл бұрын

My father flew Coursairs in WW2, so I have always been interested in those type of planes! Thanks great video!!

@NH2112 3 жыл бұрын

Tim Graaff You may like this, then, I took it when I worked at Portland (ME) Int’l Jetport. One of my all-time favorites ever since watching Black Sheep Squadron as a kid. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kMimppOqzZy-d2Q.html

@veng3r663 3 жыл бұрын

@@NH2112 Bo Time Gaming & PhlyDaily have some pretty good TBF-1 Avenger gamer videos... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r61zd66qtM24f3U.html

@rodbramsjr8823 7 ай бұрын

My grandpa was machinist at Grumman, these were engineering marvels

@ModelingSteelinHO 10 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on getting this ole girl back in the Air. She sounds great !

@guardsmansethlee3635 7 жыл бұрын

Low Budget HO Scale Modeling. Too true! What a gorgeous Plane! We need more of these old bird back in the air!

@dryan8377 4 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing. Thank You!

@spikespa5208 3 жыл бұрын

Open question: are there any external features to tell a TBF from a TBM, easily from a distance?

@toyman9642 4 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the Avenger at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario taking flight. Should be soon.

@mfk1673 4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful aeroplane.

@MrJbonfilio 6 жыл бұрын

GREAT AIRCRAFT

@cliphy88 2 жыл бұрын

I work at an aviation museum in NZ we have the same Avenger on display. Any chance you would allow us to license 1 minute or so of this awesome video? We are doing some educational content for kids. Museum is MOTAT in Auckland, NZ.

@brucebehner4142 4 жыл бұрын

Just isn't the same without seeing those quads on the ball.

@samuelbennett1717 3 жыл бұрын

If you are referring to the ball turret there was only one 50 cal machine gun mounted there. Avengers never had a dual or quad mount. Early models had one .30 cal machine gun in the nose and a rear facing .30 cal machine gun that was operated by the radioman/bombardier. Later versions had .50cal machine guns one in each wing and the .30 cal machine gun in the nose was removed. Towards the end of the war the rear facing ventral machine gun was also removed because it was nearly useless.

@frankirvine316 4 жыл бұрын

Your right about the wings✅

@claudedornier9858 7 жыл бұрын

best avenger video ever fantastic sound and beautiful looks *****

@MrJbonfilio 6 жыл бұрын

MY JOB 50 CAL TURRET GUNNER ON THE TBM AIRCREW JOHN USN

@SuperOldandSlow 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like a buzzing prop and the snarl of the big radial that's spinning it.

@nelsonrayon6281 Жыл бұрын

Hermosa máquina saludos

@GVBiggs524 5 жыл бұрын

I noticed the chase plane took off with no flaps..

@FawfulDied 4 жыл бұрын

SNJs and TBMs, and most Navy planes of the period, do not use flaps during takeoff with normal load. Flaps are only used during landing and when heavily loaded.

@margraveofgadsden8997 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone recognize the aircraft markings? I think it’s from a mid 1945 escort carrier in the pacific theater, but I’m not sure.

@johnnylee5664 5 жыл бұрын

老了！（這兩款式的飛機另一架是T6教練機跟地獄貓式戰鬥機還是虎虎生風的！）

@bobwalker5564 2 жыл бұрын

🔥

@lordofthemound3890 4 жыл бұрын

It dwarfs the Dauntless!

@johnanderson9494 4 жыл бұрын

It looks like a Harvard kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJubmbGFtqeUaIk.html&ab_channel=HistoricalMachinesTV

@spikespa5208 3 жыл бұрын

SNJ, T-6, Harvard, Texan......a great plane by any name.

@sfm337 5 жыл бұрын

first time remember seeing this gorgeous bird was a kid watching the movie "A Wing and a Prayer|

@wygtam 2 жыл бұрын

How were the folding wings actuated? Hydraulics. or something else?

@user-zy7ih3pf8j 4 ай бұрын

Hydraulics

@user-or6ch7wd3n 7 жыл бұрын

👍😁

@jm3464 5 жыл бұрын

ابو ريتال الشمري سناب ntbm were used to drop borate slurry on forest fires in Alaska when laws firefighting back in 1960

@clearcreek69 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t imagine being the tail gunner on the avenger. Scared Shitless for starters

@veng3r663 3 жыл бұрын

I was originally being slotted for that position on a B-52 crew when I entered the Air Farce back in the late 80's...

@gerthezsgerthezs213 Жыл бұрын

🎥🙌🏅

@billyd7882 5 жыл бұрын

Those radial engines are some cranky motors at cold start.

@valve0radio 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! all the more interesting to hear them coming to life! It may be a retarded spark for startup that gives that flat/ dry note.

@davidca96 3 жыл бұрын

I love the Avengers, two gun positions and could carry 4 500lbs bombs or a big ol' torpedo.

@jameshood6167 5 жыл бұрын

To real cousin who served his country John a Ellis love ya rob h

@jonquaviouspringledingleiv9269 3 жыл бұрын

The prop looks too small for that thing

@philmontejano5971 5 жыл бұрын

Former president George Bush flew an Avenger in WWIi. Youngest Naval aviator and got his Wings at age 18! RIP George

@cyvais 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that. I thought he only flew Hellcats.

@MavAuto-Pete 2 жыл бұрын

0:22 give it some throttle

@johnnylee5664 5 жыл бұрын

地獄貓海軍戰鬥機！（摺疊翼式的）

@wottermelon1132 4 жыл бұрын

That guy walked a bit too close to the propeller for my liking!!

@spikespa5208 3 жыл бұрын

Gave him the thumbs up and then walked in front of the plane?

@The2001cobra 5 жыл бұрын

need some direct injection and some 02 sensors lets put a proper tune on that startup. Will never pass a cali smog test.... Hell lets put a hybrid 48v system on it

@felixbeutin9530 4 жыл бұрын

@spikespa5208 3 жыл бұрын

OK, Newsom,